What effect (or effects) to buy?

saristi · #1 08-13-2008, 07:24 PM

Hi guys.

I want to buy some new effects (or maybe a multieffect). I don't know almost anything about effects, but I'm thinking about an overdrive (or fuzz), a compressor and maybe a chorus.

I play mainly alternative rock music. My current gear is a G&L Tribute L-2500 and a Laney Harcore Max 65 amp.

What do you suggest to me? Is it better to get individual pedals than a multieffect pedal? What other effects dou you think I should consider?

Please help me cause I live in another country so I need to know your experiencies with the effects you have got to take my decision.

Joe Gress · #2 08-13-2008, 07:46 PM

What sound are you looking for? That's a start.

If you read up in the FAQ at the top of this sub-forum, you might find what your looking for anyways.

If you fill out your profile, we'll be able to help you better (your location since you say you are in another country. Presumably your not in the USA then.).

TOOL460002 · #3 08-13-2008, 07:54 PM

cant do much without more info- so heres my opnion:

multi-effects i am not so much a fan of.

pedals- compressor and overdrive are a great start. i personally use a dbx160- press the "over easy" button. its always on and sounds how i like it. i also use a sansamp bddi.

start with a price range. check here and youtube for soundclips.

Geddy Claypool · #4 08-13-2008, 08:37 PM

Compressor: Aphex Punch Factory. Look no further.

Overdrive: I've continued to try them out, and I have yet to find one that works in a band setting. So I'm still looking too.

Also, I'd recommend taking a peek at the Boss Bass Chorus and EBS Octave pedal. And if you have a lot of spare cash and want to make some insane noises, check out Moog's Bass Murf.

saristi · #5 08-13-2008, 09:49 PM

Which ones do you think are the best compressor and overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedals? That's what I'm looking for. I mean, I want to change the character of the bass, no weird stuff for now.

bassteban · #6 08-13-2008, 09:55 PM

Look up Bongomania's compressor threads.

Bassbasixx · #7 08-14-2008, 05:00 AM

Tuner
chorus
overdrive
Octave
compressor

grooVWy · #8 08-14-2008, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saristi

Hi guys.

I want to buy some new effects (or maybe a multieffect). I don't know almost anything about effects, but I'm thinking about an overdrive (or fuzz), a compressor and maybe a chorus.

I play mainly alternative rock music. My current gear is a G&L Tribute L-2500 and a Laney Harcore Max 65 amp.

What do you suggest to me? Is it better to get individual pedals than a multieffect pedal? What other effects dou you think I should consider?

Please help me cause I live in another country so I need to know your experiencies with the effects you have got to take my decision.

Been using both multieffects and stomps and prefer the latter. For my use there is way too much useless sounds in multieffects. On the otherhand if you wanna test what different effects do, then cheapo multi-one would work perfectly for that.

I´m using TC Electronics Vintage Bass Distortion (A.K.A T-REX Bass Juice) myself. besides that I have tuner pedal (TU-2) and also EBS´s MultiComp but I don´t have any use for it and in fact am selling it. Propably am getting chorus and wah wah.

saristi · #9 08-18-2008, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TOOL460002

cant do much without more info- so heres my opnion:

multi-effects i am not so much a fan of.

pedals- compressor and overdrive are a great start. i personally use a dbx160- press the "over easy" button. its always on and sounds how i like it. i also use a sansamp bddi.

start with a price range. check here and youtube for soundclips.

I have heard some good things about sansamp bddi. What do you think about it? Is it a good choice?

saristi · #10 08-21-2008, 08:54 PM

i2k · #11 08-22-2008, 07:52 AM

No offense for the OP but I always believe that if someone wants to buy an effect but do not know what kind of effect to buy or what sound to achieve, it means that he/she doesn't need effects yet...but I could be wrong.
For saristi : first of all you need to know what kind of sound/change that you after, you search should start from there.

Zappstorius · #12 08-22-2008, 06:04 PM

If you're unsure about what types of effects you'd like, then I'd suggest getting a cheap multi effects unit. Zoom, Digitech and others make multi units that are reasonably priced.

I prefer singles, but I did get an old used Zoom unit to become familiar with what sounds I wanted to achieve.

All_¥our_Bass · #13 08-22-2008, 06:21 PM

Get a multi (I have a Digitech BP80) and see what you like. Them you can go out and buy individual pedals to replace and/or supplement the multi.

Eventually i'm gonna go on the supplement route.

Since I have some patches that sound wonderful but other sounds aren't too great.

lobey · #14 08-22-2008, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bassbasixx

Tuner

+ 1

Unless you can tune by ear, I'd say buy a decent tuner.

Also, check eBay/Craigslist/TB classifieds to find anything used before you buy new. Worst case scenario, you sell it for about what you paid for it.

christmetal · #15 08-22-2008, 08:37 PM

In my opinion it depends on what you want each to sound like. i think that when you buy seperate pedals it lets you really specify what you want it to sound like. With seperate pedals you can control the sound better in my opinion. multi effects are good but its all in your opinion
if you only want like 2 pedals then i would probabl buy them seperately but if you were to want somehere around 4 or 5 then go with a multieffect.
hope this helps